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Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by anoonmoose » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

adamrezich wrote: post #235

theossuary wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or 3). You still believe in the constitution and first amendment. They have their right to free speech just like I do, and I don't plan on chipping away at that right. If you have such issues with these massive companies perhaps we should address that, instead of trying to strip people of their constitutional rights?

people deserve more rights than corporations.

I agree with the words you wrote, but I think we have a fundamental disagreement on what are/are not/should/shouldn't be considered "rights".

I do not think the "right to post on Twitter" is a thing the government should be using it's monopoly on violence to enforce/protect.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by questiondev » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

arpstick wrote: post #228

dundarious wrote: post #216

I’m sure there’s plenty of hyperbole in this post, and it's really just more hearsay, but within their lane, I think TrueAnon is reputable enough. https://twitter.com/trueanonpod/status/1468617453718675461 > It was some doofus not at the trials trying to shill his paid sub stack and then tweeting absolute bullshit. As you can imagine, a lot of the 500,000 followers were bots, which is probably why it got suspended. A…

very convenient that a lot of bot accounts suddenly follows an account for people trying to amplify the accessibility of information of a trial that is suspiciously low profile considering the people involved.

i know, this just makes the conspiracy crowd more on edge about the whole thing

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by cronix » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

Here's a good youtube account run by a lawyer who has physically been at the trial every day and gives pretty good updates and legal takes: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodLawgic/videos

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by mdoms » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

pixelgeek wrote: post #155

danlugo92 wrote: post #66

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_ ...

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That's not how analogies work. If I say "it's like a sauna in here" I'm not saying "this room is literally like a sauna in every possible way, to the same degree that a sauna is like a sauna".

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by cheeseomlit » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #239

arpstick wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

very convenient that a lot of bot accounts suddenly follows an account for people trying to amplify the accessibility of information of a trial that is suspiciously low profile considering the people involved.

Nobody prominent is involved. This case is so larded with misplaced expectations. We as of yet have no real proof any prominent people besides Prince Andrew may be tangentially implicated and no reason to think Maxwell has any compromising information if they were. And even if both those assumptions are true there's no reason they'd be pertinent to her trial. Her trial which is happening likely because the prosecutor…

Epstein's murder and subsequent cover-up strongly imply that other prominent people were involved

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by zouhair » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:51 PM UTC

pixelgeek wrote: post #22

zouhair wrote: post #20

As a society we need to redefine what a public space is.

Twitter isn't a public space. It is a privately owned platform.

Sure, but would it exist if all users stop posting? By itself it's useless. Only the users posting on it gives it its worth.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by sakopov » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #239

arpstick wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

very convenient that a lot of bot accounts suddenly follows an account for people trying to amplify the accessibility of information of a trial that is suspiciously low profile considering the people involved.

Nobody prominent is involved. This case is so larded with misplaced expectations. We as of yet have no real proof any prominent people besides Prince Andrew may be tangentially implicated and no reason to think Maxwell has any compromising information if they were. And even if both those assumptions are true there's no reason they'd be pertinent to her trial. Her trial which is happening likely because the prosecutor…

> Nobody prominent is involved.

I don't know how you operate, but when I hear that the royal family is implicated, I immediately start to wonder who else is involved and not dismiss the case all together.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by arpstick » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:57 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #239

arpstick wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

very convenient that a lot of bot accounts suddenly follows an account for people trying to amplify the accessibility of information of a trial that is suspiciously low profile considering the people involved.

Nobody prominent is involved. This case is so larded with misplaced expectations. We as of yet have no real proof any prominent people besides Prince Andrew may be tangentially implicated and no reason to think Maxwell has any compromising information if they were. And even if both those assumptions are true there's no reason they'd be pertinent to her trial. Her trial which is happening likely because the prosecutor…

Okay, then there is no reason to ban this twitter user at all, because there are plenty of ways to follow this trial and have the public decide for themselves what they think.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by mcculley » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:58 PM UTC

cheeseomlit wrote: post #255

tootie wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody prominent is involved. This case is so larded with misplaced expectations. We as of yet have no real proof any prominent people besides Prince Andrew may be tangentially implicated and no reason to think Maxwell has any compromising information if they were. And even if both those assumptions are true there's no reason they'd be pertinent to her trial. Her trial which is happening likely because the prosecutor…

Epstein's murder and subsequent cover-up strongly imply that other prominent people were involved

What makes you so confident that Epstein was murdered?

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by flerchin » Wed, Dec 08, 2021, 5:58 PM UTC

arpstick wrote: post #228

dundarious wrote: post #216

I’m sure there’s plenty of hyperbole in this post, and it's really just more hearsay, but within their lane, I think TrueAnon is reputable enough. https://twitter.com/trueanonpod/status/1468617453718675461 > It was some doofus not at the trials trying to shill his paid sub stack and then tweeting absolute bullshit. As you can imagine, a lot of the 500,000 followers were bots, which is probably why it got suspended. A…

very convenient that a lot of bot accounts suddenly follows an account for people trying to amplify the accessibility of information of a trial that is suspiciously low profile considering the people involved.

Front page of all the news site is not all that low profile.